Detection and Treatment of Mycoplasma Contamination

Do you suspect mycoplasma contamination?

The contamination of cells with mycoplasma is a very common problem, even though it often goes unnoticed since no cloudiness appears in the cell culture.

 

If you have a slight suspicion in mind, you may want to try out our ready-to-use, time saving EZ-PCR test kit for the detection of mycoplasma in your cell culture.

 

You already know mycoplasma has found its way into your cell culture ?

The contamination often causes biochemical changes as well as changes in the immunological properties of the cells. Since mycoplasma-infected cells cannot always be discarded, many complicated methods have been suggested for the elimination of the mycoplasma.

Biological Industries offers the BIOMYC-1, BIOMYC-2 and BIOMYC-3  antibiotic combinations, which have been shown to be effective in the elimination of mycoplasma species that account for 90% of the contaminations found in cell cultures. When using according to instructions, no cytotoxic effects will occur.